Nicole Diver

Awesome! Congrats and keep up the great work :D

Christa you rock! Great job and thanks for all the support and humor along the way.

Wowser

Frez, how far do you usually run without stopping?Today I ran 3.25 miles and rested for 30 secs every 6 min. That seemed to help a lot. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things. Then watched first episode of Drop Dead Diva season 6 while on elliptical. It was an amazing episode. So good :)

Allen Carr audible was a saving grace for me when I first quit. It helped me understand I wasn't missing out on anything.

I think I am secretly in love with Sara Bareilles. She just makes the world a better place.

Great job Evelyn! You are doing great. So glad you are beating this.

Have officially committed to the color run in July. Why do I have such an aversion to running outside?

Marti, I equated for the longest time smoking=good times that are the in past. (Maybe like a hoarder would hold onto things?) So I was a closet smoker since my last failed crazy Chantix attempt and I always knew I needed to quit but never thought that I truly would. I was sooo miserable for the 4 months I quit before. I didn't want my life to be like that forever. Anyway, fast forward 5 years, my company started an initiative that if you smoked you had to pay more on insurance each month and if you didn't tell them you could get the axe. As much as I did not want to quit, "coming out of the closet" was not an option for me. So that is what prompted me to really quit. Of course the throat clearing and the lack of stamina working out bugged the heck out of me too, but that is what really gave me the shoe in the pants to quit. I am THRILLED to say that the junkie thinking of smoking=good times, you start to realize it is not so. I tend to think in my head, "mind over matter, and if you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Allen Carr's book helped me to get a much needed attitude adjustment in my early days. Maybe I was a social butterfly in the 90's with my cocktail and cig, and all my best friends still smoke to this day, but this isn't the late 90's anymore and smoking is not going to bring the past back. We all have to grow up sometime and smoking is not in any way sociable anymore. So it's not a bad thing at all to put the cigs behind us, it's the best thing ever. And isn't it just amazing not to worry about smelling like stale smoke? A cig burning when I walk by doesn't bother me, but when I am close to someone who just smoked, it's not a nice smell at all. Ick. After a year I very seldom ever think I want a smoke and I know 99.999999% I will never again. I will never go back to that slavery. It's not worth it. Like Allen Carr says, no non smokers want to be smokers, no ex smokers want to be smokers, and most smokers don't want to be either. The ex smoker holds all the cards. :yu: Keep up the great work, you are worth it Marti!! :ok: Let us know whenever you need a ear to vent or just want a distraction. :gamer1:

That is the worst feeling! At least you have a good bank, they are few and far between.

Marti chantix did the same for me!! Looney friggin toons. I thought that was who I was without the cigs, scared me out of trying again for 5 years. Will post more later but just wanted to through that in.

It truly is amazing. "They" tell us all the time, 'it's too hard, only a very small % succeed." Brainwashed was what I was. No more. Not for us. :beach: It's not *easy* for everyone, but it is doable. And what in life is easy, really? Why would quitting smoking be any different? We are worth it though.

I got the boot. We were having such a nice convo about Alex and Sierra too. Resident Evil on tv now and I can't help but get sucked in. I am watching it for like the 15th time. Great movie. I do NOT want to be eaten alive by zombies. Anyway. You guys are lovely! Was fun, as always.

You are awesome WYE! Great job :clapping: Very proud of you.

Great job! Congrats to you!:)

You are awesome! What a great job you are doing. It's a pleasure to be on this journey with you.

Great great job :) Very proud of you. You are a tough cookie!

Petra, hope to see you if you can :wub:

He is adorable!! You are a true success story. Very well done to you. Thank you for being such a sweet person and great inspiration. Many congrats on your freedom. :girl_pinkglassesf:

I just got home from work, gotta eat dinner then I will b there!!

Miss ya R.

Stupid time zone differences! HM call in sick ;-)

Seemed like it didn't matter when I came home for lunch, the mowers were always mowing my yard especially right at that moment. So I'd be out there feeling silly sucking on a cig letting my dogs out. Trying to have the pooches avoid the dudes mowing and feed the addiction at same time. Got home late today and noticed they mowed for first time this season. Now I don't give a fig what time they come, I don't have to be embarrassed out there while they are there. What's something you never considered when quitting that turned out to be a benefit?